Non-crime hate incidents - how do I find out?

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When the new law was brought in in Scotland, I agreed to research whether I’d had one of these recorded against me in a few months.

Has anyone checked?

If yes, what did you find?

And can anyone tell me how I go about checking please?

Good questions, I hope someone can answer them.

This is very long, and I have skim read it, but best to read in total, but found this:

In the event that an individual makes a Right of Access Request (under UK GDPR Article 15) to determine if a police force holds their personal information in an NCHI record, the controller is required to respond to the original request and provide details of what is held.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice-on-the-recording-and-retention-of-personal-data-accessible

Ignore my post, only relevant to England and Wales, not Scotland!

Its super frustrating one cant delete posts. I dont understand why that is.

I did try and find out the system in Scotland and quite honestly it doesn't seem clear. Or its labelled differently.

However, what I did find is that Victim Support Scotland is (surprise, surprise) wrongly listing the protected characteristics of the EA:

The Equality Act 2010 sets out nine protected characteristics, including, age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Of these characteristics, five relate specifically to hate crime legislation in Scotland:

• Race
• Religion
• Sexual orientation
• Transgender identity
• Disability

https://victimsupport.scot/information-support/crime-information/crime-types/hate-crime/

Thanks for the responses. I think I’ve now found the relevant information.

https://www.scotland.police.uk/access-to-information/data-protection/subject-access-requests/

“For all other requests it is essential that you provide as much information as possible to allow us to locate any information held - we are simply unable to research vague ‘all information’ requests.”

As per the above paragraph, it suggests being specific, so I assume specifically asking about NCHIs would be most likely to get the desired result, but if anyone has any thoughts on wording that would ensure all such recorded reports were included, I would value your suggestions.

Interesting. I see they have correctly listed sex, but incorrectly listed “gender identity”.

Yes, you've got it, do a SAR.